Roe Lake
| Language of origin | English language |
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W side of North Pender Island, Cowichan Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°46'56"N, 123°18'11"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 22 August 1969 on C.3452, as identified in early Water Rights Branch files. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Refers to the Roe family, who held an early water licence on this lake; Robert Roe, his wife and their sons George and Robert settled on North Pender Island in 1897; descendants operated a resort at "Roesland" in the 1940s-60s, where family still resides. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |